"news 4 today" starts now. >> right now, freezing cold, and winter storm on the way. storm team 4 tracking how you can plan for what could be our only big snowstorm this winter. >> a family now homeless, the danger as firefighters rush through the cold to put out the inferno. a violent start to sunday morning, the danger on the roads and what police are uncovering about several deadly crashes overnight. but first, 6:00, the hours went ahead, we're all a bit tired this morning. >> look how many cups of coffee i brought. >> this is what i can promise you, we will all get through this hour together. in addition to that, we have a snowstorm that we're talking about. >> that is right. we have

get straight to. for that, we want to go straight to storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. >> we're starting off cold this morning, in the 20s. there is a winter storm watch in effect. all these are issues in blue, behind you on the map. that is the area under a winter storm watch. it starts at 7:00 tomorrow evening and winter storm watch ends at 2:00 p.m. on tuesday, including all of northern virginia, the immediate metro area, and much of maryland off into pennsylvania as well as the panhandle of west virginia, western maryland and the northern shenandoah valley. this system will be coming on through. as it pushes on through, with accumulating snow, it looks like heaviest snow will be piling up between midnight to around dawn on tuesday. i've got the new hour by hour timing and the snow totals expected, preliminary look at that. that will be coming up in just a

thank you. 6:01. riverdale family without a home after this massive fire broke out. riverdale fire officials posting this video of the flames tearing through the house. officials say the fire started before 11:00 last night when the temperatures were well below freezing. the home is on oliver street, not far from the riverdale museum. they're working to pinpoint the cause. developing out of prince george's county, a man riding inside this vehicle died this morning. police say the driver was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. you can see why. the car they were in there, flipped over on its side. this is on lawrence street near kenworth avenue. police are looking at the crash scene to try to figure out what caught that crash. late last night, a crash in prince williams county killed two people. this isser er is near i-95. they say two men died and a th

with life threatening injuries. no identities. president trump is praising the secret service for catching the person who scaled the white house fence. 26-year-old jonathan tran, wasn't stopped until he reached the south grounds of the white house. it is the first known security breach since president trump took office. >> the president commenting saturday after a california man jumped a fence at the white house just hours before. >> secret service did a fantastic job, a troubled person. >> reporter: the secret service stopped the intruder on the south grounds, for trump it was business as usual saturday hosting lunch at his virginia golf club for members of his cabinet and staff. >> the economy is doing very, very well. and generally speaking we're doing very well. we're getting it back on track. we really had a -- we had a mess. we had a mess. it is getting straightened out. it is

fast. and today we're also talking about health care. >> reporter: vice president mike pence was talking health care in kentucky on the road to sell the new plan to replace the affordable care act. >> the affordable care act, whatever it goes by, has been truly devastating. >> show me what democracy looks like. >> reporter: as pence spoke, obama care supporters protested nearby. >> i want to wait until there is a better program for the repeal to happen. >> reporter: late saturday afternoon, trump won his showdown with a federal prosecutor. the president originally asked him to stay on as u.s. attorney for manhattan. he was an obama appointee. friday the justice department told him and other attorneys to resign and leave office. he refused. he tweeted saturday, that he had had been fired. it is customary for the presidents to pick their own u.s. attorneys, but law enforcement sources say the abruptness of trump's decision without new appointees ready to go and after asking him

on caught many by surprise. chris pollone, nbc news. the agency plans to begin raising the fence in the next year or two. those plans were revealed in a 2015 report. be sure to watch this week's edition of "meet the press." chuck todd will have an exclusive interview with tom price. they're going to talk about the republican plan to replace the affordable care act and the effort to sell it to skeptical republicans. chuck will join us for a preview in a few minutes. the 46th annual st. patrick's parade will glide down constitution avenue today. >> it kicks off at noon, will cause multiple street closures along the national mall starting at 9:00. parade route here will start at 7th and constitution and proceed westbound to 17th street. should be back

afternoon. if you've never seen the parade, this is what you're missing out on. parade features traditional -- irish dancers, floats, st. paddy's day is on friday, coming up this friday. also, winter is back in case you couldn't tell in a major nor'easter. can you believe it? it is taking shape. thomas tracking how much snow we can see in our neighborhood. winter weather is taking a toll to our west as well. the communities dealing with slick roads and temperatures. 9 below. we'll tell you about it.

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she was 60 years old and had not been well. sledge leaves behind an adult son and her sisters. the time change may impact how you drive on the roads. wtop reports that research shows an increase in fatal crashes in the days following daylight saving time. aaa says a lot of that has to do with people not getting enough sleep. the spokesperson says a person driving with four to five hours of sleep has the same risk association as someone who is driving drunk. all right, so take a look. another spot across the country, you'll see plenty of snow, in western north dakota, where winter weather advisory is in effect. the state was hit by several inches of snow and another storm son the way with up to 6 inches expected. it will be frigid too with windchill that could reach 9 below. yikes. >> used to look at the

and say we escaped it this winter. >> i know. we dodged a bullet. a good chance of it, we're going to get something substantial. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein tracking that and some -- a little warmer weather today, though. that's good news. >> lighter winds as well. much more pleasant day to be out and about on this sunday. and we -- we're back to daylight saving time, have different sunrises and sunsets. take a look. this is what we're expecting here for this morning. our sunrise 7:24. sunset, 7:12. temperatures in the 20s. winter storm watch, all these areas in blue, panhandle of west virginia, most of maryland, and the immediate metro area, 7:00 monday p.m. all the way to 2:00 p.m. on tuesday. we may get over 5 inches of snow in parts of our viewing area. and passable roads, especially to our north, and scattered power outages as well. looks like a heavy wet snow may be piling up. right now, don't have anything around our region on sto

4 radar. no snow, no rain. clouds around, though. they'll be breaking up by 10:00 this morning. by then, in the low 30s. windchills in the 20s with light breezes. light breeze into the afternoon near 40 by 2:00 p.m. with bright sunshine and still sunshine at 6:00 p.m. sunset at 7:12 today. temperatures by then in the mid-40s. by 10:00, back down to the upper 30s with bright just past full moon in the sky. hour by hour timing. 7:00 p.m. monday, this area in green is rain. coming closer to the metro area, but comes into colder air, the purple area, that is snow. changes over to snow by 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. on monday and then all the way until then -- until dawn on tuesday. we'll have snow falling across the region and continuing all the way into the morning who hours. some rain, though, in southern maryland, eastern shore. and here is the first look at the totals expected. maybe two to five inches immediate metro area. northern, western subbs

the pennsylvania border. storm team 4 ten-day outlook, upper 40s before snow arrives on monday afternoon. that will keep some of the snow down when it initially falls. falling on -- above freezing as we get into monday evening. so it will be melting on roads monday evening, but then quickly piling up, especially after midnight monday night into the morning hours on tuesday. it is a weather alert for monday evening and into tuesday. and then it ends by around late morning on tuesday. and temperatures get into the upper 30s tuesday afternoon. so we'll have some melting of the snow. and, again, looks like a heavy wet snow, piles up on power lines, may cause scattered power outages with winds picking up as well on tuesday afternoon. we have gusts of wind around 40 miles an hour. temperatures in the upper 30s. it refreezes on wednesday morning. so we'll likely have school closures on tuesday. and maybe delays on wednesday morning because of a refreeze of what is left. and maybe even a few passing

snow showers on wednesday, especially in the afternoon with gusty winds, highs may reach the low 30s on wednesday afternoon. storm rapidly deepens well to our north. looks like a major blizzard for long island and southern new england and up in the boston area, new york city too could be hit by a lot of heavy snow as well. affecting the northeast corridor throughout the day on tuesday and into wednesday winds will continue strong and gusts maybe to 50 miles an hour on wednesday. maybe power outages from the winds on wednesday. thursday and friday, things settle down. colder than average temperatures with lots of sunshine. might get a little bit of wet snow and some rain on saturday, very little in temperatures in the upper 30s. week from today, upper 40s with sunshine back. that's the way it looks. >> thank you, tom. 6:14. reporter's notebook up for you next. i'm pat lawson muse. we begin this morning with a push to move federal agencies out of washington, out of the region. the house committee on

and government reform passed a resolution introduced by its chair utah representative jason chaffetz that says relocating federal agencies would make the government more representative of its people. he also promoted it as a way to cut government spending. scott mcfarland and tom sherwood are with us this morning. gentlemen, this resolution has generated a lot of debate and chaffetz says he wouldn't -- it doesn't mean he would force agencies to move. so what does he hope to accomplish here? >> it is nonbinding, is would be symbolic, say the u.s. house deports the moving of federal agency headquarters outside d.c. to other parts of the country. what a powerful symbol. a statement that a lot of people from outside, congressmen who represent areas outside d.c. want to send to their constituents saying i'm against washington, d.c. i'm against the powers that be, the institutions. i would rather bring power to the people. only 15% of the federal workforce actually exists in the metropolita

already decentralized. regionalized across the country. this is a pure symbol debate. one that both parties want to have. republicans want to sell their constituents on anti-d.c., and the local members of congress who constitute a lot of the democrats on this committee want to tell their federal worker constituents, i'm fighting to protect your job. >> this is not a new thing either. president reagan talked about agencies going outside, senator harry byrd from west virginia was famous for taking the fingerprinting operations of the fbi and moving them to west virginia. 85% of the federal workers, there is 2 million of them, are outside the washington region. this is pure politics. one of the guys on the committee talked about maybe the agriculture department should move to iowa because there are no cows in washington. i'm just astonished that somebody doesn't bring a cow to the national mall and criticize it. but i don't think this is

the resolution, i think there was an amendment to say it was first proposed by jason chaffetz saying these agencies should look at looking around somewhere else in the country, it was changed to may look. and consider all the costs. it would be very practical to move all the cabinet head hes a headquarters around the country. >> you'll hear more about this. politically, everybody wins on both sides of this debate. when that happens, the issue stays alive. >> jerry connolly from virginia said, i'm sorry there aren't enough cows here for you. if you're the president, if you're a member of congress, you want to talk to an agency head or skype the agency head, just doesn't make any practical sense of how -- it is the nation's capitol. that's where you put your major agencies. >> that government is primarily computerized, isn't it? >> it is horrible computerized. lots of

running the national government. >> name any city across the can country, i'll tell you the federal government office there, atlanta has the cdc, baltimore, the social security administration, san francisco has several subdivisions of federal agencies including the national park service. and when it is already decentralized. >> one more important point, some members of congress are complaining that mr. chaffetz, laughable thing to talk about, so many more important things before this committee about how the federal government is running, not where it is running. >> maryland's u.s. attorney is on the hot seat with the attorney general jeff sessions having recused himself from the investigation of russia and the election. the investigation now falls into the lap of maryland's top federal prosecutor. u.s. attorney and republican rod rosenstein. the nation's longest serving u.s. attorney. he's president trump's choice for deputy attorney general. some say one of his best choices. scott? >> this is the

power moving into the washington, d.c. region. two people, jeff sessions, who has the most influence in the department of justice, rod rosenstein and virginia's u.s. attorney dana bente now filling the job that rod rosenstein is up for. wields enormous influence. overseas, 100,000 plus federal employees. day to day operations of prosecutions of corruption, gangs, drugs. rod rosenstein would be where the rubber hits the road on american justice. >> he was appointed by president -- nominated by president bush. he's been serving since 2005. president obama kept him in place. he went to the senate this week, chris van holland and cardin, they introduced him. he has a lot of -- his reputation is -- it could be a remarkable appointment if he gets in there and has t

prosecutor on russian ties to trump, just a remarkable opportunity for him if he gets this job. >> do you find it at all ironic that he's getting so much pushback from democrats when he has such a strong bipartisan history? >> i think no matter who is in that seat for that confirmation hearing will get that pushback. the issue transcends rod ro rosenstein or any nominee. the issue is russia. it could have been santa claus being nominated for deputy attorney general, he was going to get smacked by democrats over russia. >> you look at rod, his bio, and there will be no reason for the democrats to vote against him. no substantive reason. >> you expect him to be confirmed after the battle? >> i say if the democrats are smart, they would do it. >> i think this will be one of the easier confirmations. >> we'll take a break and continue right after this. stay with us.

mayor bowser was back in the big apple recently. he went to new york this past week for two reasons. one to promote d.c. tourism and the other to attend the annual meeting about d.c.'s bond rating. tom, tourism season is about to kick in high gear. what came out of that tourism launch? >> checked with people, what is important is tourism is the number two industry in this city. the government, all the local governments and businesses connected to government is number one. tourism is number two. and every year district officials, tourism agencies, goes up to new york and says, look, we're doing really good, bring your people here, advertise with us, all of that. meeting went pretty well. there are some concerns, not spoken publicly, that the election of president trump may discourage some people from coming to washington because they don't like him.

people who do like trump who will come. tourism is doing really well. i'll talk to the hotel association, they're expecting a banner year with hotels, new hotels holding up around town. tourism is a spectacular thing. nearly 21 million visitors a year come to the city. it is a big economic driver for the city. >> do we know how trump's hotel is doing? >> i have -- i don't have any official information. the average occupancy for d.c. hotels is about 75%. i've gone on and looked to book a room online with the trump hotel and i can't afford it. >> general services administration is the federal agency that interfaces with president trump on that hotel in d.c. and the general services administration's internal auditor has been asked by two different groups of members of congress to investigate the relationship and make sure it is on the up and up with what is already a very controversial relationship. >> the other reason the mayor was in new york was to talk about the bo

so d.c.'s fiscal year budget marks the fiscal 2017 budget marks what the 21st consecutive balanced budget for the district, that had to be a good story. >> yes. bond ratings are important for cities, counties, and state governments because the better your bond rating, the lower your interest rate we pay on the bonds. it can mean hundreds of millions of dollars and it did to the district. back in the 1990s when the district was bankrupt, the ratings were so low, near junk bond status, just not -- they were highly speculative, the phrase used. in recent years because of all of the balanced budgets, it is now -- it is high grade. now, the city is at aa, virginia has been aaa bonds for 75 years. maryland aaa -- the district wants to move to aaa, it says we have money in the bank, more than a billion dollars in the bank, we're balanced budgets. so we'll see what happens, ti

will review all of this and make a decision. >> the best fiscal shape it has been in since the control board days. >> that's correct. for the short history, in 1995, the congress took over the city and created the five-member control board that wiped out a lot of its debt, changed a lot of its rules, got the city to balance the budget. tony williams was elected mayor and he and every mayor since then has balanced the budget and the city is doing very well economically. and the bond rating has kept -- has been creeping up, but not to aaa yet and that's where the city wants it. >> we mentioned tourism season. it is coming. about to start after a very weird winter. practically no snow. no snow days for local school systems. the students are disappointed and school officials are trying to figure out what it do with all the days built into their calendar. i know a request for

>> no snow days in a whole year, bad news for a certain group of people who love to have snow days. 13 and 14 years old. school districts in maryland in particular are grappling, what is not an insignificant problem and not a humorous problem. they don't know how to get all the school days in next year. prince george's county made an effort in the recent days to ask the governor for per many imiss start their school year in august. the waiver was denied. prince george's, montgomery, frederick, howard, all the school districts of maryland are facing this riddle they have to solve. we have to get in 180 school days. have to get in 10 to 12 teacher professional days. and have to get them all in with a post labor day start. what happens if it snows next year? will we be going to school until the end

terms of a problem. but it is anything but a minor problem for school districts and parents would have to plan their lives. >> no way to save the school days, the snow days this year that you don't use until next. but is it economically a good thing there has not been snow and people have not been off? >> ultimately keeping the schools open raises your heating bills when you add hundreds of schools in each district, that's not a small amount of money. in terms of cost, in terms of benefit, i think the real benefit may come when you see the standardized test scores. ap tests, sat tests, students had a dozen more days to prep for those. let's look and see if the scores rise for the class of 2016-2017. >> that's an argument for not shortening the school year. >> yeah. it is an argument for a longer school year, which will have tomatoes thrown at us if we advocate too powerfully for -- >> i don't know why we don't have year

round. i'm not in -- i'm glad there is no snow and i won't -- early childhood education. >> in loudoun county, there is a petition calling for a shorter year, 1400 signatures on that. >> only got 1400 for that? >> 1400 for that. another petition that calls for adding in an extra week to spring break. and that one has about 7,000 signatures. >> i talked to people in education regularly as part of my beat and part of my life. the hardest thing to do at a school district is try to adjust, trim spring break. families bank on that a year in advance, plan a trip to disney world, it grandma's in arizona, you try to mess with spring break at the last minute, you incur the wrath of the citizenry. >> our unusual weather not only has thrown the school calendars off, it has thrown the cherry blossoms off. what kind of impact will that have? >> big announcement, the major bloom, peek period, march 14th to 17th. had tous

weird weather. i don't know why they suggest this will be a peek period. they bloom, we'll look at them. the fact is -- >> all about the buildup. >> five week cherry blossom festival. people plan in advance, let's go to washington, see the cherry blossoms. when are they going to bloom? fact is, we don't know. the weather is so up and down, we just don't know. >> be here when it happens. >> i lived there, i can walk over, so it is not a big deal to me. >> we don't think that's fair, but it is reality. good for you. tom and scott, thank you, both. thank you, that's "reporter's notebook." i'm pat lawson muse. stay with us.

6:29 on this sunday morning. here's what's going on. a family's home was lost during the bitter cold and this massive fire. fire officials posted this video, no worden what may have caused that fire. one man died after this car flipped on its side in bladensburg earlier this morning. the man who was driving was taken to the hospital. he is in critical condition. no word yet on what caused the crash. 26-year-old jonathan tran has been identified as the person who scaled the white house fence friday night. he was stopped on the south grounds. now authorities say he had no control history and arrested without incident. they found two cans of mace on him. "news 4 today" starts now. >> well, did you forget you had to go forward an extra hour? >> i remembered 9:00 last night. oh, my gosh, it is really like 10:00. >> hitting us this morning, but you're with us this

this sunday. >> thank goodness for coffee. a lot of us will need the bold blend this morning. cheers. >> cheers. >> we want to talk about the snow, we snow that we are under a winter weather watch or we have one coming up. and storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here to break it all down. >> good morning. we are starting off cold. we have temperatures sub freezing again this morning. mercifully we don't have as much wind as we had yesterday. off to a cold start, temperatures around the region, in the 20s, mountains to the bay. and 28 now at reagan national airport. the planner for the day will be back near freezing by 10:00 this morning, clouds now clearing out. a lot of sunshine through the rest of the afternoon with light winds, sunset at 7:12. sunrise, 7:24, hour later. bright moon this evening. temperatures in the upper 30s. new hour by hour timing on the storm coming our way, spreading snow in asel

that's in a few minutes. >> thank you, tom. developing this morning, d.c. police trying to find out who stabbed and killed a man on south capital street in southeast. you can see police taped off around the area, this is around the homicide investigation last night. the victim's name has not been released. >> right now, d.c. police need your help getting this missing girl back home. police say 15-year-old julianna elizabeth otero was last seen friday march 3rd before 11:00 at night. they say she was in the area of 11th street northwest near the playground, last seen wearing a black jacket, military style long pants and white tennis shoes. call police if you know where she is. and if you see this post on social media, please share it. police please help us get the word out about this missing girl. 13-year-old taylor innes was last seen on friday when it was frigid cold outside. they say she was on 5th street northwest, not far from shermans circle. officers say she may be weari

glasses, sweat pants and navy blue sweater. call them if you know where she is. now to a warning concerning online dating and its possible ties with a human trafficking case in georgia. the fbi now investigating after eight young women were held against their will inside of a mansion. morgan radford reports, at least one of those women met the man who was arrested online. >> reporter: a chilling 911 call. >> i'm in a very bad situation and i need to get out. >> reporter: the voice altered here to protect the woman, a 20-year-old, who tells the operator she is being held captive and she isn't alone. >> did you say you're in a house full of girls? >> mm-hmm. >> and somebody's threatened to kill you if you leave? >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: when police arrived, they found eight women, ages 19 to 22, held inside this rented million dollar home just outside of atlanta. they also found this man,

charged friday with false imprisonment and trafficking of persons for labor. >> we believe that he's been making promises to some of these ladies for modeling careers, financial assistance. >> reporter: here he is on instagram, counting money, holding a gun, and showing off tattoos that 911 caller says he required the women to get, while allegedly forcing them to work at strip clubs and threatening to hurt them if they left. the 911 caller told police she met the suspect on a website for, quote, mutually beneficial relationships, oftentimes sexual. >> you can raise your children up in the right setting, but they get in the hands with the wrong guy at the right time, and they can be lured into this lifestyle. >> reporter: more than 20 million people around the world are victims of human trafficking. 55% of them women and girls. for one woman in atlanta, one phone call might have saved her life. >>

>> that was morgan radford reporting. all eight of those women have been placed in safe houses or with families. the suspect could face federal charges. a shrine destroyed by isis militants may have revealed the palace of an anti-asyrian king. they blew up the shrine of the biblical jonah in 2014 after they took control of eastern mosul. that's when they started digging tunnels into the side of the hill under the shrine there. ant ancient inscriptions were found there. not fully known why isis dug the tunnels but they may have been looking for act fartifacts to l a family is dealing with a real tragedy after recharging a hoverboard and after it sparked a house fire. police in harrisburg, pennsylvania, say that a 2-year-old girl was killed in that

hurt and several other people had to be rescued from the burning home. this happened around 8:00 on friday night. family members told officials that they heard the hoverboard crackling moments before it exploded into flames. >> we had one victim that jumped from a second floor porch roof, two victims that our firefighters valiantly rescued. fire officials are urging people to only use hoverboard brands that are safe and to avoid knockoffs. we are learning more about a fatal bicycle accident that claimed the life of a tacoma park mother. according to the washington post, jane bennett clark was the senior editor at kiplinger's personal finance. she had a special talent. last thursday, clark was leaving work at franklin school when she was struck in a cross walk at 13th and i streets. she died the next day. we now know it was a district man killed in a

in charles county yesterday morning. county police say that 26-year-old derrick mccall was killed. they say he was driving a pickup truck that went off the road and hit a tree. there were no passengers and mccall died on the scene. police say driver error led to that crash. another outage yesterday. the can company says a hardware issue caused calls not to be able to connect for a brief period. it marks the second time this week there has been a service disruption. the provider said it had a nationwide service outage wednesday night and during that outage, some people weren't able to call 911. okay, college basketball, kicking into high gear. bracket season, right? >> big time. we're getting there. absolutely. that's because it is selection sunday today as well. in a matter of hours, the selection committee will unveil this year's bracket. we'll find out where some of our local teams will fit. if they do make it in. get ready to spend the next few days debating your bracke

the office. >> morris jumper. >> and the wizards may have pulled off a win last night, but it wasn't without controversy. damian little lard pleaded to officials that morris stepped out of bounds before making that jumper, with just .4 seconds left in the game. the officials told them they couldn't review the play. wizards star john wall admitted after the game he did appear to step out. but the wizards won 125-124 in overtime. they're good this year. >> good for them. twhen the chicago river turs green, you know it is time to start celebrating se ining st. day. yesterday they dyed the river. it turned the water a bright emerald green. it lasted for about five hours. it is super cool. the tradition was born after a plumber noticed that a dye used to detect leaks turnedis

coveralls green. they do this in savannah too. >> dye it aqua blue all the time. a major snowstorm headed our way. cannot believe work saying this now. tom is tracking the timing that you want to watch and when snow might delay your plans. it is one of the best views that has been off limits for quite some time. the attraction giving the washington monument some competition now. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road.

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good morning. we have a winter storm watch, all these counties in blue and the immediate metro area from 7:00 p.m. tomorrow to 2:00 p.m. on tuesday. this entire region looks like accumulating snow could get 5 inches or more. and especially the higher amounts up near the pennsylvania border. we can could have scattered power outages as well and some roads

get to them late monday night to tuesday morning. i have hour by hour timing in a few minutes. the white house is in full sales mode as it pushes ahead with the republican plan to replace the affordable care act. >> while democrats are opposed to it, some republicans are skeptical of the plan as well. joining us now to break it all down is moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. and, chuck, it looks like this could work in their favor, this could pass, but it is going to be a tough road. >> i have no idea how this is going to pass. i don't now how they do it. house can work its way and get something through. but how this thing gets through the senate, you have a bill now getting hit from conservatives because it is too much like obamacare, leads too much of the architecture in place and they feel the minute democrats get power, they fill in all the gaps and more republican moderates like john kasich, governor of ohio and some senators from the swing states, like, whoa, pulling the rug out with the medicaid, with cug

you'll leave too many people without insurance. and democrats are just sitting there laughing. they're going to -- >> they're not going to hang out at all, not going to help at all. the question is is there a political penalty for them for helping or not helping at any point? so far doesn't appear to be so. and republicans created this sense of urgency. they didn't have to do it this quickly. but now they're stuck doing it this quickly. we're finding out ho political teams are. >> one of first things weigh s going to do was repeal obamacare. what happens with the deadline. how close -- how much work still needs to be done on this. >> look, i think part of it is so the biggest obstacles appear to be on one hand you have this issue of tax credits. you have some conservatives who don't like the idea that a republican -- that a republican party is going to essentially codify the idea of an

entitlement program. that is just -- antithetical to some conservatives. and then this issue of medicaid funding which they're banding together on this issue. on that aspect of it, don't see how this gets through the senate. and in order for them to do this little, you know, it is such a narrow path to pass this legislation on health care. they also have to make sure they get a budget passed in order to pull this off. i have to say, i have no idea how they think they're going to get this passed this calendar year. >> a lot coming up on the show. >> we do. we don't have just one hhs secretary, we have two of them. current and former, we'll talk to john kasich and get into the latest threat by house democrats to pull out of russia intelligence -- >> there is the whole thing about the wiretapping thing. >> yeah. >> deadline tomorrow, right? >> wiretapped right now? >> watch out.

>> we're good to go. chuck, thanks so much. you can see "meet the press" every sunday, comes up at 10:30 here after "news 4 today". it is the highest view that you can get out of d.c. and now it is open to the public yet again. >> and it is not the washington monument. that is still closed. but tom sherwood shows us where you can find an even better view. >> reporter: the lincoln memorial, the smithsonian castle, and, of course, the capital dome. >> this is one of the coolest places in washington, probably one of the least known as well. >> reporter: mike shows off the extraordinary views from the clock tower on pennsylvania avenue. it dates back to 1899 and is part of the old post office building that is now the trump hotel. but the tower is operated by the park service, closed while the hotel was built and quietly reopened with an entrance off 12th street. the now frosted gs

makes it harder to see the hotel below. the tourists like this couple who are lucky enough to know about it or find out about it are super impressed. >> how did you hear about the post office tower here? >> a friend of mine who used to live here recommended coming up to the tower. >> what do you think when you see washington from this view? >> incredible. the history and the buildings, you don't get that back home. >> it is beautiful from any view. it is just a beautiful place. >> reporter: the tower stands just over 300 feet tall, with 360 degree views of the city. the washington monument at 555 feet is closed for repairs until 2019. >> i think it is great we can come up here. i heard the highest point in washington you can go right now. >> reporter: how did you know about this? >> my dad knew about it. >> fathers know everything. >> he does, though. >> reporter: would you recommend this? >> yeah. it is cool. i like it. >> reporter: right now it is only open thursdays through sundays. >> free tour, no ticket required, no reservations.

here as a ranger in 1984. >> a spot a little bit near and dear to my heart. >> reporter: he says you're missing something if you don't go. tom sherwood, news 4. >> nice. >> great views from up there. a couple of days, all that land will possibly be covered with snow. >> yeah. >> transforming the landscape monday night, perhaps. and a lot of students are wondering should i do my homework? yes. always. >> always. >> probably not any school on tuesday, maybe some delays on wednesday because of an impending inclemency. we'll likely have some snow moving in on monday night and into tuesday. in the meantime, we're back to daylight saving time, good morning. sunrise today at 7:24. sunset, that's an hour later. it will be at 7:12 today. our temperatures right now are in the 20s. it is feeling more like mid-january than early march.

national. and not as much wind as we had yesterday morning. winter storm watch, all the areas in blue, including the metro area, northern virginia, most of maryland, panhandle of west virginia, western maryland, 7:00 p.m. monday until 2:00 p.m. on tuesday. we could get over 5 inches of snow in the immediate metro area, northern suburbs. some roads impassable until the plows get to them. power outages are possible as well. looks like a heavy wet snow. nothing on the radar now. looks like a good day to get out and get exercise today. still cold by 10:00 in the morning. in the low 30s by 2:00. mid-40s, mid to late afternoon, by 6:00 p.m., still lots of sunshine. hour by hour timing, looks like snow moves in, area in lavender, the snow zone, by 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., spreads into the region across the metro area to maryland, eastern, west virginia, shenandoah valley, eastern shore. this is rain, the area in the yellow and green. that creeps closer to our southern and eastern suburbs by the prewn

then by 5:00 a.m. tuesday, starts to taper off. the first look on totals is expected. 5 to 10 inches in the dark blue zone. the higher amount, 10 inch amounts, may be here at north central maryland, northeastern maryland. metro area, 2 to 4 inches or so, that's enough for likely schools to be delayed and canceled and maybe just an inch or two before the changeover to rain in far southern maryland. we'll be refining this forecast as the day progresses, amelia draper here this morning and this evening as well. stay with us. >> tom, thank you very much. coming up, how well can you spell? the major challenge for dozens of students today and the unique competition in the same household.

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with an open floor plan, you need to separate it with furniture. it's perfect for our family. mr. president, what about the aliens? they just vaporized the entire state of california. >> did i win the popular vote?

california is dead. >> even arnold? >> alec baldwin returned to "saturday night live" last night, the opening skit poking fun at how the president would handle a hypothetical alien invasion. the president wasn't the only person in the administration "snl" made fun of. kate mackinnon reprised her role as jeff sessions with a fake senator al franken. >> caress the records. >> can you place your hand on the bible, please? >> of course. >> mr. sessions, it appears you placed a halloween type prop in place of an actual hand. >> you did not specify my biological hand, mr. franken. >> earlier in the show, host scarlett johansson played ivanka trump. spoofing a commercial for a fake fu

again, plenty of material for them to work with. >> scarlett johansson getting the five time jacket. >> yes. >> host. good for her. >> absolutely. >> congratulations. today we find out who is the top student speller in fairfax county, close to 70 elementary and middle school champs will compete in the spelling bee. >> these kids are sharp. only one can go to the nationals. and as aimee cho explains, there is an unique challenge for two students trying to win that top spot. >> reporter: you don't get to be the reigning champ -- >> any alternate pronunciations. >> reporter: the fairfax county spelling bee. >> the definition? >> reporter: unless you know most of the words of a dictionary. >> may i have the part of speech? >> reporter: that is almost as big as you are. >> i beat out a couple of people. not a couple people. quite a few. >> reporter: 61 to be exact. he made it to round three of the scripps

until that one darn word. >> amyrilis. it is stuck in my head. the enemy is the dictionary and not the other people. >> reporter: a good outlook considering one of those people, well, she lives in his house. >> e-n-t -- >> reporter: meet big sister allison. >> i'm hoping to win hopefully and go to the national bee for first time. >> innocuous. edelweiss. >> give her a harder one. >> reporter: having two competitors under one roof can spell trouble. but at the end of the day -- >> darn it. >> reporter: there is one thing they agree on. >> okay, eric, it's on. >> reporter: word for word. >> if i don't make it, i would like for her to win more than anybody else. >> if i don't win, i would like for him to win than anybody else. >> reporter: words of encouragement. >> congratulations. >> reporter: for these spelling siblings.

in fairfax, aimee cho, news 4. >> i'll get you back now. >> how proud do you think their parents are? >> super proud. those words, if you sit there and watch the spelling bees, the words the kids nail are unbelievable. >> and ask for the definition and want to hear if there is other ways to pronounce it. there is all these kind of techniques that go into it to prepare. it is not just about memorization. >> good luck to them. >> yes. much more ahead for you on "new 4z tod "news 4 today". >> that includes a forecast with tom kierein. did you remember about your clock? time now is 6:57. we're back after this.

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ysty "news 4 today" starts now. >> heading into the 7:00 hour here on "news 4 today," freezing cold and winter storm on the way. how to plan for what could be our only big snowstorm this winter. up in flames, a family now homeless. the danger as firefighters rush through the cold to put out the inferno. violent start to sunday morning, danger on the roads and what police are are uncovering about several deadly crashes overnight. good morning to you on this sunday. daylight saving time. 7:00 now. not 6:00. set the clock an hour ahead. >> something like that. >> did that confuse you? i'm adam tuss. >> i'm angie goff. we're tired but we're

thank you for joining us early on this sunday. want to start off with our weather. >> good morning. it is a cold start, down into the 20s now and with the daylight saving time we have hour later sunrise, sunrise this morning at 7:24. we're already beginning to see the first light of dawn showing up on the eastern horizon. look at those blueberry clouds reflected there and the bottoms of the clouds there, that early morning light, live view from the tower camera, northeast washington, the foreground on the horizon and prince george's county. we're in the 20s for the mountains all the way to the bay. reagan national at 27 degrees. all this area in blue, including the metro area, northern virginia, maryland, eastern panhandle of west virginia, winter storm watch in effect, 7:00 p.m. monday to 2:00 p.m. tuesday. new timing on the storm, totals expected the first look at that if a few minutes. >> thank you, tom. a riverdale family is without a home after this massive fire broke out. riverdale fire officials

the city, the flames tearing through that house. prince george's county fire officials saying it started before 11:00 last night when the temperatures were well below freezing. the home is on oliver street, not far from the riverdale house museum. fire officials are working to pinpoint the cause. developing this morning out of prince george's county, a deadly crash in bladensburg killed one man. you can see how this vehicle flipped over on its side near a building and it happened early this morning on lawrence street, near kenworth avenue. county police say the passenger died and the person who was driving the car was in critical condition. a cause of that crash is still being determined. prince george's county police also were sent to a crash in capital heights. you can see a car's windshield completely smashed out there. good look at the car there. we're looking to get more information about what injuries and what may have caused this wreck. and another crash, this time in prince william county, killed two people. police say two cars collided on prince william county parkway. this is

night. and that is close to wood bridge middle school. they say that person died and two were flown to the hospital with life threatening injuries. president trump is praising the secret service for catching the person who scaled the white house fence on friday night. he's been identified as 26-year-old jonathan tran. he wasn't stopped until he reached the south grounds of the white house. this is a first known security breach there. chris pollone has the latest. >> reporter: the president commenting saturday after a california man jumped the fence at the white house just hours before. >> secret service did a fantastic job. it was a troubled person. >> reporter: the secret service stopped the intruder friday night. for trump, it was business as usual saturday, hosting lunch at his virginia golf club for members of his cabinet and staff. >> the economy is doing very, very well. and generally speaking we're doing very well. we're getting it

we really had a -- we had a mess. we had a mess. it is getting straightened out fast. and today we're also talking about health care. >> reporter: vice president mike pence was also talking health care in kentucky on the road to sell republicans new plan to replace the affordable care act. >> affordable care act, whatever it is that it goes by, has been truly devastating. >> tell me what democracy looks like. >> reporter: as pence spoke, obamacare supporters protested nearby. >> i want to wait until there is a better program for the repeal to happen. >> reporter: late saturday afternoon, trump won his showdown with a federal prosecutor. the president originally asked preet bharara to stand on as u.s. attorney for manhattan. he was an obama appointee. friday, the justice department told him and 45 other u.s. attorneys to resign and leave office. bharara refused. he tweeted saturday that he had been fired. it is customary for presidents to pick their own u.s.

abruptness of trump's decision without new appointees ready to go and after asking bharara to stay on caught many by surprise. chris pollone, nbc news. and we have been following the struggles of the secret service had with the white house fence. the agency plans to begin raising it in the next year or two. the plans first revealed in a 2015 i-team report including new taller base, and the use of spikes to make the top of the fence harder it climb. you want to make sure you watch this week's edition of "meet the press." chuck todd will have an exclusive interview with health and human services secretary tom price. they'll talk about the republican plan to replace the affordable care act and the effort to sell it to some skeptical republicans. chuck will join us for a preview again of the show coming up at 10:15 this morning. the 46th annual st. patrick's day parade will glide down constitution avenue today. >> that's right. get your green ready, the parade kicks off

this is a look at the parade routee. things start at 7th street and constitution avenue. then proceed westbound down to 17th street. and all the streets should be back open by 3:00 this afternoon. if you've never been to the parade, this is what you're missing. a lot of fun down there. >> pot of gold. >> it features traditional bands, irish dancers, floats, st. paddy's day is this friday. winter, it is back. >> when will it break? >> we thought it was gone. absolutely not. a major nor'easter is taking shape. and tom is closely tracking how much snow we could all see in our neighborhood. and winter weather is also taking a toll out west. check out this scene, the communities dealing with slick roads and temperatures, nine below.

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sad news to report this weekend. the world learns of the sudden death of sister sledge member joanie sledge. the popular late '70s r&b band recorded that hit song all of us know, all of us sang at one point in our life "we are family." the band's publicist says sledge was found dead in her phoenix, arizona, home on friday. she was 60 years old and had not been well. she leaves behind an adult son and her sisters. if you're feeling a bill sleepy this morning, join the club you may want to think about getting extra shut eye before you get behind the wheel. research shows an increase in fatal car crashes in the days following daylight saving time. aaa says a lot of that has to do with people not getting enough sleep. three out of ten drivers had a hard time keeping their eyes open while on the road. a person driving with four to five hours of sleep has the same risk association as someone who is driving drunk. snow continues to pile up in spo a

this is what it looks like out in western north dakota where a winter weather advisory is in effect right now. the state was hit by several inches of snow. and another storm is on the way with up to 6 inches expected. it will be frigid as well with a windchill that could reach 9 below. 7:10. won't be long before we start to see some snow on the front lawn. tom is updating his forecast with when you can plan for the big storm this week. she risks her life for others and led hundreds to freedom. we take you inside the new tribute to honor the life of harriet tubman.

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good morning. a cold start to this sunday morning. a much nice care on the way than yesterday. much more tolerable with lighter winds and we'll have a lot of sunshine breaking out of the morning clouds moving away by 10:00, temperatures getting up above freezing and by early afternoon, near 40, mid-40s by late afternoon with a light wind and lots of sunshine. new hour by hour timing, and snow totals forecast, preliminary look at that. that's in a few minutes. she led hundreds to freedom and now there is is a new tribute to harriet tubman. >> the new underground railroad visitor center opened this weekend on the eastern shore. it is in church creek. it is one of 36 stops along the by way.

>> reporter: it is peaceful here. this is dorchester county, maryland. where harriet tubman was born and raised. when you look at the imagine industry of this, the water, the sky, you understand why this, had her native land, as she called it, is where she wanted to live. if she could only be free here. many come to this area to retrace the steps of harriet tubman's underground railroad. the route to freedom for many slaves, looking almost like a railroad station, this new visitors center will be the place to begin, part of the monument to her memory. is there a physical monument? >> no. there is not a physical monument. the monument itself is the water ways, the trails and the marsh, the landscape. >> reporter: inside there are scenes that recall harriet tubman's life here. >> she was born in madison, the ne

>> reporter: the center will offer help in navigating the nearly 12,000 acres included in the monument. the landscape had a very strong impact on tubman. it is where she learned the survival skills that made her so successful. >> reporter: bronze likenesses of tubman, quotes on the wall, help to conjure up who she was. >> people come here and learn about tubman and her life and they say, you know, i want to learn more about bucks town village. >> reporter: was once a familiar place to slaves and their owners. this is the fourth generation of the meredith family to own this store. the figures into the story of harriet tubman's life. >> a fight where harriet tubman committed her first known act of defiance. >> reporter: all happening in this storm, and all describing her refusal at 12 years

it was an injury that would plague her rest of her life. the merediths have made the life of harriet tubman their life. collecting many of the treasures from that period to fill the store. books, even this newspaper ad placed by harriet tubman's owner, to find her when she had run away. >> you have harriet tubman, in 1849, she was about 5 feet tall, she was an african-american, she was a woman, she was a slave, and she was illiterate. you can't have much more going against you than that. and if you look at all that she was able to achieve in her life, with all of those adversities, how can you not admire somebody like that? >> and that was barbara harrison reporting. haret

several times to her native maryland to help others escape. she never failed to call the land around her chesapeake her native land. >> cool story there. people are bundling up from boston to nyc where windchills are making it feel brutally cold out there. many are preparing for a possible winter blast to hit early this week as we have been talking about. it can bring high winds up to a foot of snow in some spots up there. quite the change coming with the 60 degree weather felt last week in many northeast cities. this is the story of the week so far, we're all keeping our eye on what is going to be coming monday into tuesday. >> a major storm for philadelphia, new york city, boston, southern new england. here, we're on the developmental early stage of it. we're going to miss the bulk of the storm. but nonetheless, enough snow here to likely cause school closings on tuesday and maybe even some lingering effects wednesday morning with some delays. between now and then, enjoy this sunday, we have our sunrises

we're back to daylight saving time, sunrise this morning, 6 minutes. sunset today, 7:12. so one hour later, sunrises and sunsets now. and as we look at temperatures, it is cold, you're about to head out the door, walk the dog, temperatures are just in the low to mid-20s from the shenandoah valley to the metro area. upper 20s around the bay. reagan national at 27 degrees. all of these areas in blue under a winter storm watch from 7:00 p.m. monday to 2:00 p.m. on tuesday. including the panhandle of west virginia, all of maryland and the metro area. and northern virginia. looks like the bulk of the heavier snow, northern maryland and northeastern parts of maryland. 3, 4, 5 inches possible in the immediate metro area. some roads impassable before the plows get to them. we may get scattered power

annuals, li tages. we'll get some strong gusty winds on tuesday afternoon after the snow ends that may cause some scattered power outages. all dry on storm team 4 radar. no snow anywhere in the vicinity. the storm itself is still way out in the upper plains and getting and starting to form itself along the atlantic seaboard late on monday. by 10:00, near the freezing mark. still windchills in the 20s with light breezes. light breezes through the afternoon with lots of sunshine, 2 to 6 p.m. bright moon this evening, by 10:00, back down to the upper 30s. hour by hour timing, 7:00 p.m. monday, the area in green may come in as some rain. just to our south, but then to cold air in place further north and changes over to snow by 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. on monday. really won't see a lot of the snow piling up because road temperatures will be above freezing initially. and not until maybe after midnight, we'll start to see some heavier snow. all this area in the

heavier snow from the shenandoah valley, metro area, 9:00, 10:00, on monday night. after midnight on monday night to the predawn hours on tuesday, we'll likely get the bulk of the accumulating snow. this will likely change over to rain here in our far southern suburbs and around the eastern shore, all this area in the yellow and the green, moderate to heavy rain there. so we'll be right on the edge of that rain here by 5:00 a.m. on tuesday. it starts to taper off and end in virginia. and by later in the morning, metro area, over. so the first look at totals expected, immediate metro area, 2 to 5 inches, northern suburbs, 5 inch amounts. right in d.c., 3 inches or so. southern and eastern suburbs maybe only one or two inches before the changeover to rain. 10 inches here in northern maryland, perhaps northern carol county, northern frederick county, northern baltimore county this is the zone and up into pennsylvania and the northeast corridor.

getting higher amounts of snow. the next ten days will have that system coming on through, weather alert day, of course, for monday night into tuesday. school delays and cancellations likely tuesday. maybe again wednesday morning, another freeze, and so what is left over will freeze back up again wednesday morning. maybe see snow showers and gusty winds on wednesday. then sun back, but still colder than average. a few flurries changing to rain and after that, we dry out and start finally getting a little mild. that's the way it looks. >> thank you very much. and upgrade on the roads that could put millions out of a job. the major change in the impact other drivers are soon to notice. 7:21.

welcome back. the country got some good economic news this week with 235,000 jobs added last month. unemployment down to 4.7%. >> but as nbc's steffi rule reports, certain jobs like big rig trucking are changing with technology driven times. >> reporter: trucks lose america. >> hands on the steering wheel. >> reporter: more than a slogan. some 3.5 million americans drive big rigs and delivery trucks. long haul truck drivers earn an. average of $40,000 a year and it doesn't require a college degree. >> i always wanted to be a

other companies are rolling out programs that could put technology in the driver's seat. is technology the future, the partner, or the enemy to the trucker? >> i mean, certainly it is the future. you're not going to stop the technology. >> reporter: what was once a low skilled trade, becoming a profession driven by code and computers. >> the truck driver also will be a technical engineer and if there is a problem with the hardware or software, they're going to t

>> jobs for everyone in society. highly skilled, highly educated, but the ones, you know, that -- the individuals that are not so educated or skilled, where are the jobs for them? that would be the downside. >> reporter: for some, there is no substitute for a human driver. >> there may be a computer that can drive a truck from a to b on a straight line. but there will never be a computer that will be able to navigate a truck in the heart of manhattan. never. >> reporter: those who want to stay in trucking for the long haul should expect a changing industry. stephanie rule, nbc news, new york. well, roads will be a big concern as crews get ready for a winter storm headed our way. tom is tracking again what you can expect for the start of the workweek. it was a target isis tried to destroy but their damage uncovered a lost icon, the hidden history archaeologists have now uncovered.

a home completely lost during the bitter cold night. fire officials posted this riddo, no word on what may have caused it. one man died after his car flipped on its side in bladensburg earlier this morning. prince george's county police say the man was driving anw

critical condition. no word on what caused that crash. 26-year-old jonathan tran identified as the person who scaled the white house fence friday night. he was stopped on the south grounds. authorities say he had no criminal history and was arrested wouns iarrest ed without incident. end of ma on him. all right, sleepy heads, rise and shine, daylight saving time. i'm not accepting any excuse that you're tired today. >> came up an hour later. beautiful. going to stay -- the sun will stay up an hour later today. >> we have some good news for snow lovers today too. >> we do. we have a storm on the way. >> we have the person who will tell us more about that, storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein here with more on what could be a pretty big storm. >> biggest storm of the winter. even though winter is ending on march 20th, here we are at the tail end. may get our biggest storm of the winter. right now, cold this m

the crying towels. if you want to get in a run today, get outdoor exercise, great day for it. temperatures by 10:00, low 30s, with increasing sunshine, all sunny this afternoon with light breezes. temperatures will be in the low to mid-40s throughout the afternoon. sunset at 7:12. all these areas in blue, including the metro area, northern virginia, most of maryland, the panhandle of west virginia, under winter storm watch 7:00 p.m. monday to 2:00 p.m. tuesday. new hour by hour timing and the first look at snow totals expected coming up this half hour. >> thank you, tom. and developing this morning, d.c. police continue to look into a homicide in southeast, they say someone stabbed a man last night. this is on south capitol street. you can see where police taped off the area for this investigation. the victim's name has not been released yet. d.c. police need your help getting this missing girl back home. police say 15-year-old julianna

week go in the area of 11th street northwest near the monroe playground. she was last seen wearing a black jacket, military style long pants and white tennis shoes. if you've seen this post on social media, please go ahead and share it. please get the word out for this missing girl. taylor innes last seen on friday when it was frigid outside. she was on 5th street northwest, not far from sherman's circle. she may be wearing glasses, sweat pants and a navy blue sweater. warnings concerning online dating and possible ties with a human trafficking case in georgia. the fbi now investigating after eight young women were held against their will inside of a mansion. as morgan radford reports, at least one of those women met the man who was arrested online. >> reporter: a chilling 911 call. >> i'm in a very bad situation

>> reporter: the voice altered here to protect the woman, a 20-year-old, who tells the operator she is being held captive and she isn't alone. >> wait, did you say you're in a house full of girls? >> mm-hmm. >> and somebody's threatening to kill you if you leave? >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: when police arrived, they found eight women, eighths 19 to 22, held inside this rented million dollar home, outside of atlanta. and they found this man, kendrick roberts charged friday with false imprisonment and the trafficking of persons for labor. >> we believe that he's been making promises to some of these ladies for modeling careers, financial assistance. >> reporter: here he is on instagram, counting money, holding a gun, and showing off tattoos that the 911 caller says he required the women to get. all while allegedly forcing them to work at strip clubs and threatening to hurt them if they

met the suspect on a website for, quote, mutually beneficial relationships, oftentimes sexual. >> you can raise your children up in the right setting, but they get in the hands with the wrong guy at the right time, and they can be lured into this lifestyle. >> reporter: more than 20 million people around the world are victims of human trafficking. 55% of them women and girls. for one woman in atlanta, one phone call might have saved her life. >> i'm scared to leave. >> and that was morgan radford reporting. now all eight of those women have been placed in safe houses or with families. the suspect could face federal charges. get this, a shrine destroyed by isis militants may have revealed the palace of an ancient asyrian king. they blew up the shrine of the biblical jonah in 2014 after taking control of eastern mosul. that's when they started i didding tu

it is thought to be part of the palace of the king who ruled 2700 years ago. not fully known why isis dug the tunnels there, but they may have been looking for artifacts to loot. it is something you probably do every night, plug in one of your devices to charge it. now one family is dealing with tragedy after recharging a hoverboard and it sparked a house fire. take a look. this is as police responding to the scene in harrisburg, pennsylvania. they say a 2-year-old girl was killed in the fire there. two other girls were critically hurt and several other people had to be rescued from the burning home. it happened around 8:00 on friday night. family members told officials that they heard the hoverboard crackling moments before it exploded into flames. >> we had one victim that jumped from a second floor porch roof. we had two victims that our firefighters valiantly

>> fire officials are urging people to only use hoverboard brands that are safe and to avoid knockoffs. we are learning more about a fatal bicycle accident that claimed the life of a tacoma park mother. jane bennett clark was the senior editor at kiplinger's personal finance. the magazine's editor said clark had a special talent for bringing dry and complex issues to life. last thursday she was leaving work at franklin square when she was struck in a cross walk at 13th and i streets in northwest d.c. by a cyclist. she died the next day. police say it was a d.c. man who died in a car crash yesterday morning. county police say that 26-year-old derrick mccall died when his pickup truck hit another truck. they say he overcorrected after he went off the road. there were no passengers and mccall died on the scene. at&t restored service after another outage yesterday. the company says a hardware issue caused some calls to not be able to

brief period saturday morning. at&t apologized. this marks the second time this week that there has been a service disruption. the provider said it had a nationwide service outage wednesday night. during that outage, some people weren't able to call 911. you're going to want to plan ahead for what could be a major snowstorm headed our way. tom is closely tracking the timing. you're going to want to watch for and when the snow might delay your plans. secret for you. one of the best views of d.c. that's been off limits for a while. the attraction giving the washington monument a little competition.

y2ahdy ysty march madness kicks into high gear later today. nothing but net. >> nothing but net. today is selection sunday as well. in a matter of hours, the selection committee will unveil this year's bracket. we'll find out where some of the local teams will land, if they make it at all. get r

office. >> morris jumper. >> meanwhile, the wizards may have pulled off a win last night. but it wasn't without controversy. damian litt damian lillard pleaded with officials. the officials told him they couldn't review the play. wizards star john wall admitted after the game that morris did appear to step out, but nonetheless, the wizards won 125-124 in ot. >> on fire. when the chicago river starts to turn that color, that color right there, you know it is time to start celebrating st. patrick's day. yesterday, boats dumped an orange colored ecofriendly vegetable dye into the river. and then it quickly did this, turned the water bright emerald green. the color lasted for five hours. the 55 year tradition was born after a plu

dye used to detect leaks turned his white cover alls green. >> nice. >> yeah. >> looks nice. start making plans now for the first big winter storm of the year. tom is going to let us know what to expect and when and how soon we'll get back to spring. making a difference, and sharing her miracle. the creative way a little girl is using her bright idea to help others in need.

good morning. wintry cold on this sunday morning. live here from our storm team 4 camera look east. clouds drifting off to our east. a lot of sunshine moving in today but dressed for a colt winder morning. in the 20s now. warm coat, warm hat and gloves and later today, sunglasses and then all eyes on tuesday, major nor'easter developing. we could get up to five inches or maybe more in the metro area, viewing area. high impact event. new times and totals. that's coming up in just a few minutes. >> tom, thank you very much. it is the highest view you can get of the district and now open to the public once again. >> and no, we're not talking about the washington monument. that is still closed. but tom sherwood shes us where you can find an even better view. >> reporter: the lincoln memorial, the smithsonian castle, and, of course, the

>> this is one of the coolest places in washington, probably one of the least known as well. >> reporter: park service spokesman mike shows off the extraordinary views from the clock tower on pennsylvania avenue. it dates back to 1899 and is part of the old post office building that is now the trump hotel. but the tower is operated by the park service, closed while the hotel was built and quietly reopened with an entrance off 12th street. the now frosted glass elevator makes it harder to see the hotel below. the tourists like this couple who are lucky enough to know about it or find out about it are super impressed. >> how did you hear about the post office tower here? >> a friend of mine who used to live here recommended coming up to the tower. >> what do you think when you see washington from this view? >> incredible. the history and the buildings, you don't get that back home. >> it is beautiful from any view. it is just a beautiful place. >> reporter: the tower stands just over 300 feet tall, with

the washington monument at 555 feet is closed for repairs until 2019. >> i think it is great we can come up here. i heard the highest point in washington you can go right now. >> reporter: how did you know about this? >> my dad knew about it. >> fathers know everything. >> he does, though. >> reporter: would you recommend this? >> yeah. it is cool. i like it. >> reporter: right now it is only open thursdays through sundays. >> free tour, no ticket required, no reservations. >> reporter: he first worked here as a ranger in 1984. >> a spot a little bit near and dear to my heart. >> reporter: he says you're missing something if you don't go. tom sherwood, news 4. >> cool view. a little girl has found a way to make a big difference. >> as if modeling and hosting a radio show wasn't enough, she's doing a lot of charitable work too, helping people stay warm on cold days like

cha mari stone introduces us to this miracle worker. >> reporter: this isn't your typical 8 yer-year-old. she gets enjoyment from helping people. she collected hundreds of socks to help those less fortunate. why did you decide to give the homeless socks? >> because they're feet are getting cold and cold feet, you don't like that. >> reporter: this third grader started the socks in the box campaign last fall. the prince george's chamber of commerce women and business development recognized her for her charitable work. >> you can do anything. this dream proves it. the sky is the limit. >> reporter: shamika price is the lead chair and says miracle is just that, a miracle. >> everything she does is focused around being of service to others. >> reporter: miracle really wanted to collect a lot of ck

gym, planet fitness, she made this sign and take a look at her handwritten note, it reads, my goal is to collect 250 pairs of socks. folks, she collected more than 700. >> it was just an honor to work with miracle. >> i really want other kids to see what i'm doing and then they can, like, stand up and be, like, i want to do that too. >> reporter: that's what her parents like to hear. >> it makes me feel wonderful. >> reporter: she won't stop helping the community. >> what is next for me is, like, maybe giving more things to homeless. like, more food. >> reporter: in northwest d.c., shemamari stone, news 4. >> say hello to president miracle one day, right? >> well beyond her years, great. we're talking about a cold start to today and cold weather on the with a i. >> old man

fast. not quite done with all of you yet. it is looking more and more likely like we'll get some snow here on monday night into tuesday. between now and then, enjoy your one hour later sunrises and sunsets. this morning's sunrise, 7:24. sunset today, 7:12 now that we're back to daylight saving time. look at our temperatures, feeling wintry cold, more like mid-january here than early march. we're in the 20s around the region. reagan national at 27 degrees. all these areas in blue, winter storm watch, 7:00 p.m. monday to 2:00 p.m. tuesday including washington and immediate suburbs. much of maryland, eastern west virginia, and just about all of northern virginia as well. we're 5 inches or more of snow is possible, could have impassable roads, don't get plowed. power outages are possible as well. all dry on storm team 4 radar now. hour by hour through the day today, temperatures climbing right up to near freezing by 10:00 and then near 40

by 2:00 p.m. a bright moon this evening, back to the upper 30s. hour by hour timing, all this you see in the lavender, that is snow by 8:00 p.m. on monday night. 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, starts to pick up in intensity. that's rain creeping closer to washington by midnight. may mix a bit around predawn hours in washington. keeping the totals down. still all snow north and west of the metro area, first look at totals, 5 to 10 inches possible. dark blue zone, just north and west of the metro area, right in washington, maybe around 3, 4 inches, maybe an inch or two before the changeover to rain. storm team outlook, windy and cold on wednesday. then thursday, friday, still colder than average, with sun back. next weekend, maybe a little bit of a mix of some wet snow changing to rain next weekend on next saturday. drying out after that mild. we're back after this.

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mr. president, what about the aliens? they just vaporized the entire state of california. >> did i win the popular vote? >> sir, please, everyone in california is dead. >> even arnold? >> alec baldwin returning to "saturday night live" last night, the opening skit poking fun at how the president would handle a hypothetical alien invasion. the president, as you can see, not they

administration that "snl" made fun of. kate mackinnon reprised her role as attorney general jeff sessions with state senator al franken. >> let me correct the record. >> okay. can you place your hand on the bible, please? >> of course. >> mr. sessions, it appears you placed a halloween type prop in place of an actual hand. >> well, you did not specify my biological hand, senator franken. >> earlier in the show, host scarlett johansson played ivanka trump, spoofing a commercial for a fake perfume called complicit. and today we are going to find out who the top student speller in fairfax county is. close to 70 elementary and middle school champs will compete in the fairfax county spelling bee. >> they're sharp. only one can go to nationals. as aimee cho explains, there is a unique challenge for two opportunities trying to win that top spot.

>> reporter: you don't get to be the reigning champ -- >> any alternate pronunciations. >> reporter: the fairfax county spelling bee. >> the definition? >> reporter: unless you know most of the words of a dictionary. >> may i have the part of speech? >> reporter: that is almost as big as you are. >> i beat out a couple of people. not a couple people. quite a few. >> reporter: 61 to be exact. he made it to round three of the scripps national bee last year until that one darn word. >> amaryllis. it is stuck in my head. this year, eric is getting ready to defend his county title. >> the enemy is the dictionary and not the other people. >> reporter: a good outlook considering one of those people, well, she lives in his house. >> e-n-t -- >> reporter: meet big sister allison. >> i'm hoping to win hopefully and go to the national bee for first time. >> innocuous. edelweiss. >> give her a hde

>> reporter: having two competitors under one roof can spell trouble. but at the end of the day -- >> darn it. >> reporter: there is one thing they agree on. >> okay, eric, it's on. >> reporter: word for word. >> if i don't make it, i would like for her to win more than anybody else. >> if i don't win, i would like for him to win than anybody else. >> reporter: words of encouragement. >> congratulations. >> reporter: for these spelling siblings. in fairfax, aimee cho, news 4. >> i'll get you back now. >> good luck to them. 7:56. here are the four things you need to know. a riverdale family home destroyed evernight in this massive fire. fire officials posted this video, no word on what may have caused it. prince george's county police are investigating multiple crashes including this fatal wreck in bladensburg. one man died after the vehicle flipped over. the driver was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. 26-year-old jonathan tran has been identified

who scaled the white house fence on friday. authorities say he had no criminal history and was arrested without incident. starting at 9:00 this morning, several roads near the national mall will be shut down for the st. patrick's day parade. this is the parade route along constitution avenue, the street should be back open by 3:00 p.m. st. paddy's day is is on friday. cold start today, and eye on tuesday. >> good day it get out and enjoy this sort of spring-like weather. more like winter. mid-40s this afternoon with light winds and then snow monday night into tuesday. >> we'll be back on the air at 9:00 a.m. >> see you then.

it's very simple. it's called good health care. >> if it's cia, it's a very serious issue. >> i think the president's tweets speak for themselves. >> i'm disheartened and disgusted with the scandal. good morning. welcome to "sunday today." i'm willie geist. daylight saving time cost you an hour of sleep but we're here for you on another busy sunday morning. there are battles in washington over health care reforms and the dismissal of a group of attorneys. and we're keeping a close eye on a looming powerhouse of a winter storm that's set to hit the northeast. plus a new development in the beating of a motorist on a san francisco highway that was ht